I'm stuck - Hope to get some help!

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Ben Hayat	Ben Hayat posted 17 Years Ago Topic Details Share Topic
Group: Forum Members Posts: 374, Visits: 1.2K	I'm stuck with a compile error and can't see it. I have a simple method that starts a given form: private void StartForm(System.Type MyFormType) { Form loForm; loForm = Activator.CreateInstance(MyFormType) as Form; loForm.Show(); } Then for each item from the menu, I call this method and pass the class name of my form: private void tsmStore_Click(object sender, EventArgs e) { // frmStore is the class name for store StartForm(GetType(frmStore)); } I then get this error: 'frmStore' is a 'type' but is used like a 'variable' I'm passing the type of class name, but still like it. What am I missing? Thanks! ..ßen
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Ben Hayat - 17 Years Ago

Hi,
Try

private void tsmStore_Click(object sender,...

Chan - 17 Years Ago

Thanks Chan;

But adding Type gives me this error:...

Ben Hayat - 17 Years Ago

Ahh, never mind Chan; I had forgotten to put Double Quotes around....

Ben Hayat - 17 Years Ago

Ah, the reason that it's giving you that is you're using GetType in...

StrataFrame Team - 17 Years Ago

[quote]It's confusing because in VB, Type.GetType("MyFormName") and...

Ben Hayat - 17 Years Ago

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